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June 19, 2012
Find the Perfectly Ripe Avocado by Popping Off the Stem
If you see a brown patch under the stem it's going to be a little gross inside. If you see a nice yellow-green patch you have a perfectly ripe avocado. Just make sure nobody at the grocery store notices you flicking the stems off a ton of avocados. -- Lifehacker
Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 19, 2012 10:40 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Except a little brown is fine for guacamole, it depends on what you're trying to do with the fruit.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 20, 2012 10:39 AM
On the same rudeness level as pawing through the corn ear pile, and peeling back the husks to check for bugs. Leave that stem alone!
If you have to do this, you haven't been buying avocados enough. Avocados should be bought very firm, and allowed to ripen unrefrigerated in your home, same as tomatoes. Check them every day. When they have reached their peak ripeness (trust me, eventually you come to know this by feel alone), that's when you adjust your meal plan and put oh-so-scrumptious avocado slices in your salads, hamburgesas, and dips. Nobody can resist a perfect avocado slice.
Posted by: John A. Fleming at June 20, 2012 12:57 PM
Also: if you're good with a knife, you can use a chef's blade to hack into the seed (pit) of an avacado, twist it slightly, and it pops right out. Takes some practice and is not for the sloppy or incompetent: you're chopping down at your hand.
However, I would suggest you can get ripe and even overripe avocados just fine; you just need to use them soon. Blending a very soft avocado up in some mayonnaise with a bit of lemon juice and salt makes a terrific dressing, for instance.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 20, 2012 10:07 PM